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TALAVAKARA-BRÂHMANA-TAN
Talavakâra-brâhmana and Kenaupanishad, 1, Ixxxix sq. Talavakâra-upanishad, i. e. Kenaupanishad, 1, lxxxix; translated, 1, 145-53.
Tales: of a strange prophet, who bids Moses not question anything he may do; he scuttles ship, kills a boy, and builds up a tottering wall; Moses desires an explanation, which the stranger gives, 6, xcv; 9, 21-3, 23 sq. n.; the Bhikkhu refrains from mean talk, such as t. of kings, demigods, ghost-stories, &c., 11, 194; list of worldly things forming the subject of t., 11, 194; 17, 20 sq.; of Pilindavakkha, who changed the grass chumbat on the head of the park-keeper's daughter into a chaplet of gold, 17, 61-5; of Mendaka and his miraculous powers, 17, 121-4; of Givaka and his wonderful cures, 17, 172-94; of Dîghâvu who would not revenge the murder of his parents, 17, 293-305; Buddha tells many amusing and instructive t., by means of which he teaches the law, 21, 120; Trisalâ, in order that her good dreams should not be counteracted by bad dreams, remained awake by means of hearing auspicious t. about gods and religious men, 22, 240; telling t. after the funeral, 29, 248, 357; told on festival nights, 30, 29; of a Dânava who, to guard his wife, put her into a box and swallowed it, 35, 216 sq.; of a Vidyadhara who committed adultery with a queen, was caught, and became invisible, 35, 217; of the parents who ate their only child in the desert, 36, 282 n.; purpose of t. told in the Vedanta texts, 38, 305 sq.; 48, 697 sq.; the pâriplava t. told at the horse sacrifice, 38, 305 sq.; 44, 361-71, 361 sq. n.; of the man who was so taken with the charms of a one-eyed courtesan, that he thought other women had an eye too many, 39, 233 n.; of Kapila, who was converted, and converted a gang of robbers, 45, 31 sq. n.; of a friar who, by magic arts, carries off every woman he sees, 45, 383 n.; told for soothing children and sick
persons, 48, 198, 199 sq. See also Gâtakas, and Parables. Tal'hah, converted by Mohammed, 6, xxiii.
Tâ-lien and Shâo-lien, their demeanour at mourning, 28, 153 sq., 154 n. Talisman, see Amulets. Tâlût, see Saul. Tamâlapatrakandanagandhâbhigña, n. of a Tathagata, 21, 178. Tamas, see Qualities. Tâmasa, a Manu, 25, 19. Tambayak, 11. of a demon, 5, 132, 132 n. Tâmraliptikâ Sâkhâ, of the Godâsa Gana, 22, 288. Tan, prays to the three ancestors for the life of his brother Wû, and the prayer is deposited in 'the metalbound coffer,' 3, 151-6; generally called 'the Duke of Kâu,' famous in Chinese history, 3, 152; T. and the building of the city of Lo, 3, 165, 181-5, 185 n., 188-91; wishes to retire into private life, but the young king Khăng charges him to remain in office, 3, 191-4; King Khang sends him a present, 3, 194 Sq., 194 n.; gives instructions to Khằng, 3, 2oo–5, 219-25; 27, 23, 344 sq., 351, 351 sq. n.; addresses Prince Shih, 3, 205-10; his memory cherished by the people, 3, 232; what he accomplished with the people of Yin, 3, 246 sq., 249; author of odes of the Shih, 3, 295, 317 sq., 347, 377, 407, 444; appointed as marquis of Lû, 3, 342; sacrifices introduced by T., 3, 476 sq. and n.; 16, 289 n.; Yî King ascribed to King Wan and his son T., 16, xiii, xvi-xix, 5 sq., 10, 26 sq., 35 sq., 57, 58 n., 63 n., 351 n., 397 n.; continues the work of his father on the lineal figures, 16, 21-5; treatise on the Symbolism of the Hexagrams, and of T.'s explanations of the several lines, 16, 267-347; the Yüeh Ling wrongly ascribed to him, 27, 20; receives the feudal lords in audience, 27, 28 sq.; 28, 29-31, 29 n.; one of the six great men, 27, 366; his institutions corrupted, 27, 372 sq. and n.; assisted King Wû in attacking Kâu, 28, 31;
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